Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 373 Xu Qing Presents His Sword
Xu Qing took a sip of the hot soup, nodded his chopsticks and said, "No need, since they didn't stamp my family's seal on their list, it's not us who are in a hurry. Zhuge Yan, where did this charcoal go?"

Zhuge Yan cupped his hands and said: "All the charcoal has been transported to the camp, it is no longer at Xuanwu Gate."

Xu Qing said: "That's it. There is no one in Xuanwumen. Where can he search for it. Hmph," Xu Qing didn't want to use these charcoals to roast fire or other things, and he didn't really want to blackmail people. A pen of charcoal, he has no shortage of money.What Xu Qing thought was just to see if there was a big man standing behind this small action.

Is it the Mo family?

Xu Qing asked Wei Xian, "Wei Xian, what officials are there in this Mo family?"

Wei Xian thought for a while and returned: "In addition to Mo Denghui, the Minister of Taipusi who passed away last time, there is also a Zhongshu Sheren, and the next one is Chang'an Cangcang Ambassador. No matter how young, I don't know."

Xu Qing thought about it carefully, this Zhongshusheren was only a fifth rank, and logically speaking, he didn't have the ability to wrestle Xu Qing's little finger, who gave him the courage to be so arrogant?Or is it that Ambassador Nacang is eager for revenge and wants to hit a stone with an egg?Xu Qing is not afraid that he is a dick, but that he is a rotten egg...

In the end, Xu Qing decided to use a formula commonly used in official circles, the dragging formula.This Chang'an warehouse is the Jing warehouse, and the ambassadors of warehouses in other places have no rank, so the Chang'an warehouse has become the seventh rank.Since the Chang'an warehouse has a large output and income, the household department checks the accounts once a month, and it will be gone in one month. Xu Qing doesn't believe that the warehouse ambassador will be able to fight with him to the end.

The next day, Zhao Gong was asked to find out where Li Yuan was reading the memorial, and he took the Qinghong Sword to find Li Yuan.

Outside the Royal Study Room:

"Master Xu, you can't go in..."

"What?"

"You can't go in with a knife?"

"This is not a knife, this is a sword, get out of the way and let me in..."

"Master Xu, you have a lot of them, so don't make things difficult. You can't bring this sword in either."

"But I just want to show the emperor this good sword. If you don't let me in, what do you think?"

"This...Master Xu..."

When Xu Qing was entangled with the guard, Li Yuan called out: "Who is making noise outside the door?"

The guard immediately knelt down in the direction of the imperial study room and said, "Report to the Emperor, Master Xu Qingxu, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, is here."

"Didn't I tell you that when Mr. Xu is here, you can come in directly."

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Xu, Mr. Xu refuses to put down his sword..."

Li Yuan seemed to have just come back from his work, and he glanced at Xu Qing, who was also kneeling on the ground, and said, "Xu Qing, what are you doing with a sword?"

Xu Qing said: "Your Majesty, I have a good sword, please appreciate it."

"Well, then bring it in,"

"Your Majesty can't, this,"

"Forget it, if Xu Xiaozi still wants to murder me, then I deserve to die as the emperor,"

"Your Majesty, I invite you to enter the room together with Mr. Xu..."

Xu Qing looked at the guard carefully, and admired in his heart, isn't this kind of person Li Yuan's Dianwei?Really loyal.Li Yuan also smiled and said: "Okay, then you and Xu Xiaozi come in together?"

So, the two entered the imperial study.Li Yuanci sat down, and Xu Qing found that all the chairs in the imperial study room had been changed. Looking at it again, they looked familiar. This, isn't this the set of furniture in Dunyifang!

Seeing Xu Qing like this, Li Yuan smiled and asked, "How is it, does it look familiar?"

Xu Qing nodded, but Li Yuan said confidently: "This is your Dunyifang set. I went to visit your small vegetable field one day and took some things by the way. Why? I am rich in the world, and the whole world is true. You It's true, do you have an opinion?"

Xu Qing pouted, and said in a muffled voice: "I dare not..."

Li Yuan said angrily: "You little miser, last time I just gave you 2000 taels, and you forgot? Let me tell you, I just feel that I have lost money by taking your 2000 taels."

Seeing Li Yuan like this, Xu Qing also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I just think that these tables and chairs are old and not suitable for Your Majesty's status."

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Huh, there's nothing wrong with it. It's very comfortable. This kind of chair that people are used to sitting on is more comfortable than a new chair, and it also saves a few taels of silver for the people. Sigh, what about yours?" Let’s see, which one has stolen the sword and wants to show it to me?”

Without further ado, Xu Qing motioned for the sword in his hand, and the silent guard standing beside him stared at Xu Qing closely.I saw Xu holding the hilt of the sword and slowly pulling it out, suddenly a cold light came out, and the imperial study room was a bit cold.There was also a hint of eagerness in Li Yuan's eyes, and the guard was momentarily taken aback.

"This sword, named Qinghong Sword, is forged with nine-day cold iron and pure green furnace fire for seven to fourty-nine days. , It took 49 days of hard work to make it!" Xu Qing popped up all the words that could be circled in his head for a while, and Li Yuan was stunned for a while when he said it.

Li Yuan hurriedly took (qiang) the Qinghong Sword from Xu Qing, and asked: "Xu Qing, what do you want, tell me, how about giving this sword to me?"

Xu Qing is sweating profusely, although it is true that all the things from Tang Dynasty belong to you alone, but you can't steal them clearly, can you?But Xu Qing still laughed and said: "From what the emperor said, this sword should be very good?"

Li Yuan showed the expression of a loyal minister like Xu Xiaozi, and said, "I have never seen this sword for many years. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best sword in the world!"

At this time, Xu Qing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, my minister Xu Qing is guilty!"

Li Yuan was startled, his face became serious, and he looked at Xu Qing and said, "I said, why are you so willing to take out such a good sword? It turns out that you have nothing to do to be courteous and have bad intentions. Tell me, what happened to you? Don't know yet."

Xu Qing continued: "I am guilty of deceiving the emperor..."

"Deceitful?" Now, Li Yuan was even more confused, but he thought that he knew most of Xu Qing's secrets, including the dark force that was not weak, and other things that I didn't know ?Presumably there was a trouble with the officials below, so he used the excuse of deceiving the emperor?He thought for a while and said: "What is the reason for this crime of deceiving the king, I forgive you the death penalty first, you stand up and speak..."

Xu Qing stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I committed the crime of deceiving the emperor just now. This sword is not forged in 49 days, but it was forged in the military workshop yesterday."

"puff!"

Li Yuan and the guard almost didn't laugh at this moment, but seeing Xu Qing's serious expression, they still held back.I still said in my heart, what you said is so mysterious, we think it is feasible, but we all know the level of those people in the military inspector.This kind of weapon cannot be forged.Li Yuan smiled and said: "Are you the one who is deceiving the emperor now, or are you afraid that I will snatch the sword and say it like that on purpose?"

(End of this chapter)